[A survey on weight and height of children (1 month-7 years) and plotting of growth curves (1 month-18 years) in Taiwan, 1987-1988].
From July 1987 to December 1988, 19,625 children in Taiwan were measured for their body weights and heights. They were 9,564 boys and 10,061 girls and were seen either in a well baby clinic of a large community hospital or in the local kindergartens. We divided these children into 64 groups according to their sex and ages. The mean values and standard deviation of body weight and height were tried to correlate with those from children of school age reported for 1987 by the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, body weight and height growth curves were drawn for these children, aged from 1 month to 18 years.
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Department of Pediatrics, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Ministry of Education, Hua-Lien.
Miau
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Lu
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Tsai
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Lin
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Wu
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Lin
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Lin
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Lin
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Liu
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D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012016:Reference Values; D013624:Taiwan; D013997:Time Factors